Hotel Trofana Royal Ischgl

... by r*il on * mission to purch*se snow ge*r. After h*ving difficulty finding where to shop we consulted the loc*l tourist centre who were gl*d to point us in the right direction. After * few hours of w*ndering *round in circles we c*me to the conclusion th*t Innsbruck re*lly doesn't h*ve m*ny big snow stores *nd the wholes excursion *ppe*red to be * pointless one. Fortun*tely we were ...

... appeals) and it's easy to get caught up in it all and become a 'St Anton Worrier'..... but there's just no point in my opinion. Why should I stress when I look out the window at the sun-rising over the crisply snow-capped mountain peaks and ponder the possibilies of 150 day plus of unadulterated, unitnerrupted snowboarding and partying. This is what we've been waiting for - the beginning. This is it.

Edit: It's now snowing.

After leaving Cortina in the morning, we drove into Austria and made a stop for a couple of hours in Imst to ride the alpine coaster there. Unlike the summer slide near the Salzberg Lakes that we rode, this one was on rails and was the longest in Europe at 3.5km or 2.1m. All of us rode it once ...

... a Bratwurst…and guess what Connie had? If you guessed a café you would be wrong…she found herself an Apfelschorle, which is a combination of apple juice and mineral water, and Connie’s favourite drink. While we were taking pictures, we asked a person walking by to take a photo of the both of us. The person happened to be an American who was a retired US Soldier currently working ...

... mostly just breads, jams and spreads with some meat and cheese. Dinner is lighter with more fresh breads and cold-cuts with cheeses (think high quality meats, not **** American cold-cuts). Bianca had been talking forever about Almdudler, which I finally had. It's more or less a gingerly-ale that is native to the regions around Innsbruck but now can be had all over Austria (but not really anywhere else). It's quite tasty and I approve! As it is Easter ...

I flew into St Anton Austria on March 20th and for a few days skiing with my old college friend, Mike, and a few other mates from Ireland who also happened to be in town.

The weather was outstanding, the day we arrived it was forecast to snow about 4ft of snow ...

Hommikul käisime suusatamas ja kuna ilm oli taas lumetuisune, siis pikalt ei viitsinud mäel kangutada. Otsustasime Eeroga sõita Galtüri, mis 10km mööda orgu edasi. Galtüris oli 23. veebruar 1999 kaasaja üks karmimaid laviini katastroofe. Suurte lumetuiskudega tekkis mäenõlvale 4m paksune lumekiht, mis 23. valla pääses. Pulberlaviin tuli linnale 290km/h ja kokku oli lund 170000 tonni. Oma suurimas mahus oli laviini kõrgus koguni 100m. Laviin jõudis linnani vaid 50 sekundiga. Linnal on kolm ...

Maandusime Münchenis, kus saime ette bronnitud Avise autod. Ischglisse sõitsime ca 3,5h. Meie appartment hotell oli täiesti linna südames. Korter oli 4-toaline ja mõeldud 8-le, aga tegelikult oli seal 3 kahest ja üks pooleteiskohaline voodi. Nii siis oligi, et Andrus, kel õnneks oli madrats kaasas, magas põrandal. Maja ise oli värskelt renoveeeritud. Garaaz oli kahekordne ja autod sõitsid keldrisse liftiga. Esimene õhtu läksime sööma üle tänava olevasse restosse, mis ...

... võinud siiski rohkem kui 1 rull olla. Prügisorteerimine on teadupärast Euroopas väga populaarne ja võis oma prahi ära mahutada koguni 5 erinevasse konteinerisse.

Sauna seal kahjuks ei ole. See tuleb küla pealt ise üles leida. Vannihuvilised saavad aga kümmelda kui soovi on.

Omanik on väga sõbralik ja vastutulelik. Suusamajake ongi tegelikult tema põhiline elatusallikas, seetõttu on ta seal ikka aeg-ajalt asjatamas ja uurimas, kas kõik on külalistel okei.

... felt rather fortunate (and comforted) to find it. The first thing that I noticed was that the altar is brought out into the congregation with the pews in the wings facing the altar. What a find! I can’t wait to get the pictures to show Father Spiess (hey, maybe we can write this off as a business trip, since we are doing research for the Heritage Campaign). This church was built in 1892 (pretty new by European standards) and renovated in 1978. On our way back down to ...